I was there too
If you do the Caminito del Rey hike, you’ll come across this bridge at the end of your journey. The old bridge isn’t used any more as a modern suspension bridge has been built right next to it.
It’s still quite a sight as you walk over it and definitely not somewhere to go if you have a fear of heights.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 23mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
In the middle of El Caminito del Rey, north of Malaga in Spain, I found these beautiful flowers growing in the rocky soil.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
El Caminito del Rey, Malaga, Spain. April 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 27mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
The remains of a zip line that 3 young Spanish men, Antonio (Picholo), Andres (Moro), and Martin (Loco) used on August 11th, 2000. The wire was embedded in the rock wall opposite near the railway track. The three men jumped on the cable for greater speed but the wire detached from the rock wall and the men fell to their deaths. The Caminito del Rey was closed after this. You can find out more about the walk here.
A rather sombre reminder of the dangers here.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Park of the railway running through El Chorro National Park, Malaga, Spain. April 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Dan and Thomas smile for the camera on El Caminito del Ray. You can see the old concrete walkway below the modern, and much safer path!
Malaga, Spain. April 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
As seen from El Caminito del Ray Our guide explained that a family lived here for many generations until after work stopped on a nearby power plants. The property was occupied long before power plant workers were seen in the valley and while they were there they made life easier for the people living here. The house is very far from the nearest village and the occupants subsisted on farming until they started trading with workers.
Apparently workers stopped walking El Caminito del Ray in the 1970s(?) and life became more difficult for the people living there. Within a generation or two the building was abandoned.
Some of the final moments of the 1965 movie, Von Ryan’s Express, were shot near here on the railway behind this house.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 22mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
